crabtree

“The perennial sadness of a girl who is both death and the maiden.”
― Angela Carter

“Chaos and nothingness merged with eternity, staying with him like the scent of cyclamen and heather that filled the forest, and like the sound of her voice echoing in the ravine.”
― Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers

“Mario wants to hold that highlight in his hands, but reflections can't be held. A sadness overcomes him. How is it possible for someone to read about anatomy all afternoon, to put everything that he learns in perfect order, and then suddenly for him to get it into his head that he wants to hold a reflection?”
― Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life